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Show BROILER MARKET PICKS UP IN EAST STATES ASSOCIATION MARKETING YOUNG BIRDS NEW FACILITIES OFFERED TO ALL GROWERS Exports of Choice broiler chickens from Utah this season will total over 50 ctarloads or 1,000,000 pounds, it was announced recently by officials of the Utah Poultry producers' Cooperative Association. Nearly 8,000 Beehive state poultryment will receive ibout $200,000 from this source alone, it is estimated. Approximately 40 carloads of the "spring fries" have already been marketed out of the state by the Utah association, and most of the remainder remaind-er of the crop will be moved by August Au-gust 1, according to Charles P. Rudd, manager of the association's poultry department. Shipments have been made to many of the important markets mark-ets extending from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic seaboard. For the first time in the history of this state's poultry industry, dressed broilers have been dispatched to the New York metropolitan area for consumption. con-sumption. The first car was sent July 1 and because of the splendid grade and pack brought a substantial premium prem-ium on the nation's greatest market. Shipments to the far eastern population popula-tion center will aggregate at least 10 cars of dressed birds. They will be distributed through the local association's associa-tion's permanent New York sales agency under Benjamin Brown, director direc-tor of markets. Of the total crop, 40 carloads or some 650,000 punds will move as live broilers to big packing concerns in Omaha, Chicago an other mid-western cities. In addition, about six carloads of fattened, dressed hens will be shipped ship-ped to the Pacific coast to be sold principally on the San Francisco and Los Angeles markets. Poultryment from Preston, Idaho; Logan and Brigham City, Utah, on the north to Manti and Richfield on the south have contributed to the commercial com-mercial crop and will receive a share of the $200,000. Despite the depressed depress-ed condition, unit prices on broilers this year are considerably higher than last year. Utah producers have received re-ceived from 14 to 15 cents per pound right at the coops, while last year 12 cents or less was the average price. Poultry for distant export was dressed by the Utah association at its central plant, 1800 south West Temple street in Salt Lake while those for the local trade and for distribution throughout the intermountain states were handled at the newly acquired sub-plant at 45 west Seventh South street. Some 75 persons are employed employ-ed in the poultry department, preparing prepar-ing 5,000 birds for market daily. At the main plant 52 girls are employed em-ployed picking chickens by means of the dry, or semi-scald method. After the feathers are removed the birds are thoroughly cooled, wrapped individually individ-ually in paper and then placed 12 in a box. They are then frozen hard and shipped in special refrigerator cars leased byt the association. According to Clyde C. Edmonds, general manager, the Utah poultry association is now prepared to render members the .same efficient service in the handling of poultry, both broilers and hens, as has been the custom for years in the handling of eggs.- Poultry Poul-try men most any place in the state will be given efficient service on relatively re-latively short notice. Mr. Edmonds believes that the strong broiler market is a good indication indi-cation of what might be expected in other poultry lines during the coming winter and next spring. The great decrease in the nation's broiler crop is positive evidence that the future laying lay-ing flocks will also be greatly decreased, decreas-ed, promising a corresponding , slump in egg production and improved prices. |
